Four Waupun students receive free makeovers from Glamour II & Matrix national 'Spread the Love' program

Everyone can remember high school, and how difficult it can be. As much as people like to say that it's your smarts and academics that get your through, or your ability to socialize, appearance plays a larger part than anyone wants to admit. Everyone wants to look good, but it's not always easy or do-able.

Glamour II Salon was nominated by Matrix, the company that supplies their hairstyling products, through the company's "Spread the Love" campaign, which sent six Spread the Love Ambassadors, recent cosmetology graduates in three two-person teams across America to over a hundred locations to perform makeovers, and to spread the love.

The team that landed in Waupun was Team 1, comprised of Todd Kane, from the Kohler Academy in Scottsdale, AZ, and Timmy Willy, from the Lafayette Beauty Academy in Lafayette, IN. They came in on April 10th, scissors blazing; ready to help four Waupun Area Senior High School students reinvent their image and send their self-confidence through the roof, with no cost to the families or to the school."I picked students who have a creative side, that would be open for change, and excited for the opportunity. It was evident that all four students enjoyed the process, and appreciated the work of the stylists," says Jessica Mueller, a guidance councilor at Waupun Area Senior High School. The four students chosen were seniors Tasha Crowe and Ryan Ducham, and sophomores Katonna Stevens and Chris Flejter.

All four lined up on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., and spent most of the day getting their hair colored, cut and styled in styles that they either requested or picked from Matrix's spring styles.

By the time they walked out of the salon that afternoon, the transformations were stunning. Tasha's hair flashed with brilliant red streaks and a precision-cut, and Katonna's glittered with highlights and lowlights, both provided by Todd.

Timmy worked with the boys and after hours of work, Ryan had his hair Mohawk-ed, colored with red streaks and blonde tips, and the sides shaved, with the design of a running figure cut into one side. Chris's once-wild brown hair had been tamed, trimmed in the back, darkened, and mixed with a deep blue that tricks the eye. The four of them were anxious to get back to school the next day to show off their new looks.

"When I took Ryan back to the school, he said to me, 'Mrs. Mueller, do you know how much we're going to be looking at ourselves in the mirror now?'" said Jessica, after returning Ryan to his theater rehearsal with his new hairstyle.

"It was the best day ever! I love how I look," said Katonna, after everything was finished up. Tasha agreed, with "Today was one of the best days that I have had in a long time. The change boosted my self-esteem immediately." All four of the students had fun, even Chris, who refused to smile for the camera couldn't help enjoying having his hair worked with, though he did remark at one point that he resembled "Cindy Lou Who" from "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" when Timmy pinned his hair out of the way to cut it.

Glamour II Salon is located on Gateway Drive in Waupun, and can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Glamour-II-Hair-Salon/173 617072679569. For more information on Matrix's "Spread the Love" campaign, as well as bios on the stylists involved, see their website, www.mymatrixfamily.com/spread-the-love/.